Chapter 89: The Wind Rises (2)
"Fight with them! Death will also pull these rebels on their backs! ”
Wuping, Liling Pass
Because of the loss of the city gate, Liao Jian bore the brunt of the attack and led the city guards out of the city to fight to the death with the Hengyang army.
"That's Liao Jian? General, let me lead the troops to capture him! Zhang Wenbiao said another fierce general, Yang Tingguang.
"What's the hurry? Yang Shiwan hasn't come out yet, Liao Jian is just a pretense, keep an eye on Yang Shiwan for me, I want him to die in Liling today! ”
So at this time, what was Comrade Yang Shiwan thinking in Liling City?
The answer is yes, there are only two words "breakout"
Zhang Wenbiao blatantly told Yang Shiwan at this time that he had sent his son to Langzhou to hunt down Zhou Baoquan, so Yang Shiwan's only choice at this time was to open the city and fight a decisive battle with the Hengyang army.
The purpose of the decisive battle was to take advantage of Zhang Wenbiao's relaxation of vigilance to lead his troops to break through and go north to rescue Zhou Baoquan, who had no generals available.
"After living for so many years, it's still the first time I've seen you fight such a tragic battle."
Outside Liling City, hundreds of miles of Lishan Fengwai, the Tang army stood here, and admired the two armies of Wuping and the north and south cutting each other at a high place, but at the beginning of watching the battle was appreciated, and then the scene gradually became tragic, so tragic that even Liu Renzhen couldn't bear to look at it directly.
"These tens of thousands of troops are all warriors, and the leaders are all brave and strong generals, but it's a pity... It can only be buried under this Liling Mountain, and cannot be used by my Datang. ”
Liu Renzhen stopped for a long time, watched the battle between the two armies in Liling Pass, and sighed heavily.
Today's Liling is indeed full of corpses, and both sides use sophisticated weapons and equipment, no tactics, no stratagems, and no reinforcements.
This battle is very simple, that is, the two evenly matched armies stand in place and cut each other, the scene is particularly tragic, the stump arm and foot are broken, the bloody eyes are crying, the stump is shouting to kill, the sound of shaking the city, endlessly.
"Liu Jingyuan, you led 3,000 troops to guard the west pass of Liling City, remember, you must not let Yang Shiwan break out."
"General rest assured! Yang Shiwan can't get out of this Liling Pass today!
Where is the Datang Mo Knife Team? ”
Tiger!
Tiger!
Tiger!
The mountain suddenly shouted, and the Tang Jun holding the Mo knife suddenly moved forward, and this scene suddenly made Zhang Wenbiao a little frightened.
"Tang Jun... You won't be untrustworthy, will you? Zhao Shicheng saw that the warriors of the Mo Dao team were all eight feet tall, burly, and in a spectacular formation, so he was a little panicked, and he couldn't bear it for a while, and asked Zhang Wenbiao on the side.
"These strangers... It's to block Yang Shiwan's breakthrough route! It doesn't matter, as long as the Hengyang army passes this pass, the Tang army will inevitably go north with our army and enter Langzhou together, and they are now not yet the time to unload the mill and kill the donkey! Zhang Wenbiao breathed a sigh of relief, and then spoke coldly.
"Unload the mill and kill the donkey? What does the general mean by this? Could it be that the Tang Kingdom is using us? Zhao Shicheng was suddenly surprised, and then asked.
"You don't have to ask about these now, you will know everything after Liling Pass."
"Kill the rebels, Wei Wuping!
Kill the rebels, Wei Wuping!
......“
Zhang Wenbiao was looking for the location of Yang Shiban, but suddenly heard a burst of chanting inside the city gate, and then the defenders in the city also went out of the city with Tang Guo's Huang knife in their hands, all with resentful eyes.
These defenders didn't have such a strong fighting spirit, but Zhang Wenbiao was too desperate before, and shot the last rout to death, which completely ignited the hatred of these defenders for the Hengyang army.
"Yang Shiwan is out of the city, quickly kill him with me!" Zhang Wenbiao quickly drove his horse, holding a seven-foot spear and leading the left and right guards to kill Yang Shiwan.
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"General, when will the Holy Lord let us do it, the battle between the two armies of the north and south is now tragic, and our Tang army can kill them by surprise!" Wang Changbao, the superintendent of Yuanzhou in the Tang State, asked slightly.
"Before the time comes, the order given by the saint to the old man is to do it again in Langzhou, and it will wait until Zhou Baoquan is killed." When Liu Renzhen said this, he couldn't help but put down the red black halberd in his hand and sat on the official chair moved from behind.
Liu Renzhen was watching the battle, and Lin Renzhao had already led his troops westward, so at this time, only Li Yu had not moved, and at the same time, Li Yu's movements were also what Liu Renzhen was most concerned about.
According to the distance from Jinling to Wuping, even if he took the waterway at this time, Li Yu should have appeared in Wuping, but Liu Renzhen received a secret letter from Lin Renzhao from the north.
The letter is very simple, the Son of Heaven has been sending troops from Jinling for three days, but he has not appeared in Sanjiangkou, nor in Jingzhou, Lin Renzhao curiously asked Liu Renzhen if the Son of Heaven was in the Yuanzhou army.
And Liu Renzhen's reply was roughly just these words: "You ask me, then who do I ask?" ”
However, although Liu Renzhen didn't know where Li Yu had taken the elite army at this time, one thing was indeed clear.
That was on the 12th of August, Li Yu suddenly summoned Guo Ting, the envoy of the Yong'an Festival, to Jinling, and suddenly canonized Guo Tingwei as the training envoy of the Chuzhou regiment, which was already the highest commander of the Yangtze River Beihe generation.
Guo Ting is known as a famous fierce general in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and when the Zhou lord came to attack, he defeated the Zhou army many times, and took the initiative to attack when he was defending Haozhou, and captured the Zhou army's vortex camp, which made the Zhou army change its color.
There is also a folk legend that "the fierce generals of the Guo family, all have bravery, one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are invincible!" The reason why Guo Tingwei is so fierce is also because he inherited the excellent genes of his ancestors.
There is history to inquire about, Guo Ting said, for the Tang Dynasty fierce general Guo Ziyi's fifth-generation descendant, his father Guo Chuhong is the grandson of Guo Ying, and Guo Ying is the son of Guo Ziyi, the good general of the humerus in the Tang Dynasty.
"Could it be that the Son of Heaven is going to take the initiative to attack Huaishang? Although the main force of the Song army is in the north, the southern army also has fierce generals to defend it, so... Isn't that too hasty. Liu Chongliang stood beside his father Liu Renzhen, and his words almost made Liu Renzhen mad.
Boom! With a bang, Liu Chongliang, who was standing, was kicked down by his father, because the army was already stationed in the mountain, Liu Chongliang almost fell off the mountain, Wang Changbao hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Liu Chongliang.
"What are you? Dare to criticize the Son of Heaven! If the Son of Heaven wants to fight Huaishang, he must have a plan for a long time, and it is your turn to speculate? Liu Ren was angry and did not surrender, but still had to continue to shoot.
"Why should the general be angry, Chong Yu also made this statement for the consideration of the Tang Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven is plotting in many places, what Huai Shang will do, we can't guess." Wang Changbao took a few deep breaths, helped Liu Chongliang well, and slowly stepped forward to persuade.
"However, it's really an eventful time now, Wang Changbao, do you know... Where is the Son of Heaven? Liu Renzhen only glanced at Liu Chongliang, turned his head and frowned at Wang Changbao and asked.
"The last general guessed that General Guo went north from Jinling and lined up in Huaishui, so... The Son of Heaven will inevitably not appear in the Huaishui Periphery. Wang Changbao couldn't hide his worry, and a pair of open teeth were on display.
"On the side of the Son of Heaven, only Li Yuanzhen was left and right, and the old man was worried, the Son of Heaven took the initiative to attack the Song Kingdom, and he would have to worry about his life." Liu Renzhen twisted his white beard and said encouragingly.
This concern is also reasonable, according to Wang Changbao's speculation, the elusive Li Yu can be sure that he is not in Huaishang at this time.
And Wu Ping has not talked about Li Yu these days, and he has not even seen the elite army cultivated by the Tang State.
Then let's talk about Wu Yueguo, if Li Yu wanted to annex Wu Yue earlier, it would not have been delayed until now, from the beginning of the plan to annex Wu Ping, it was destined that Wu Ping would not be a move on Wu Yue after that.
Moreover, Li Yu had just given his sister Li Fangyi to the lord of Wu Yue as a concubine, and at this time, he would undoubtedly kill Li Fangyi.
Then, these roads have been determined, and Li Yu's remaining path is likely to go directly to Song Guo to settle accounts regardless of dissuasion. Not to mention that there are Li Chuyun, Murong Yanzhao, Zhang Yongde and others stationed in the southern border of the Song Kingdom, and the Song Kingdom was too honest during this time.
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, the more honest Song Guo is, the more dangerous Tang Guo is, in case Li Yu falls into a trap at this time, Liu Renzhen will be too late even if he rushes over now, and if he takes a step back, Liu Renzhen himself doesn't know where to rush, and he doesn't know where Li Yu is.
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Shu Kingdom, Wuxi Road
The Song army lined up dozens of ships, and they headed south, and on the mother warship, it was Li Chuyun, the former envoy of the Fuzhou Festival.
I saw that this person was eight feet four or five long, with a tiger beard, one foot five inches long, his face was like a heavy jujube, and his eyes were like stars. Behind him, there were several fierce generals standing on the left and right.
From the Han River to the south and take the waterway, all the way to Wuxi, the sky is different, the rain is endless, stretching straight down.
The Song army on the warship even began to have eczema, and even worse, there were moldy spots between the feet, and they could no longer walk on the example.
There is no way, at this time, Shu is rainy and stuffy because of the topography of the basin, and at this time, Li Chuyun is unwilling to return halfway, and forcibly crossing the river, it must be a little difficult.
"General, the rain in Shu is continuous, and the grain and grass of our army are all damp, and we are going to Wuping from afar, I am afraid that there will be unforeseen dangers!" Wu Xingci, the military supervisor of Fuzhou in the rear, looked depressed and persuaded with a worried face.
"When our army crosses the Badong Pass and enters the Qingjiang River, the rain is gradually decreasing, and after a short rest, we can enter Wuping to make meritorious deeds!
Besides, my Great Song Dynasty has not only sent troops all the way into Wuping, General Pan Mei has already led the army south! Once the Qingliu Pass is laid, Jinling of the Tang Kingdom is at your fingertips! ”